Gipsy: A Soft and Colorful Alpaca Yarn Ring Pattern for Neck and Shoulders - Love Knot Stitch

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gipsy is a soft and colorful ring that you can twist twice around the neck or you can fix with a pin to warmly embrace your shoulders. The love knot stitch is quick and easy and really shows off the softness and the subtle shades of this rich alpaca yarn.

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materials

yarn: Revel by Plymouth Yarn [251 m per 50 g]: 1 ball [85% Alpaca,15% Merino] using a crochet steel hook US#8 / 1.5 mm; or Puelo by Araucania [210 m per 100 g]: 1 skein [100% Alpaca] using a crochet hook US#6 / 4 mm.

crochet abbreviations

ch = chain sl = slip stitch sc = single crochet dc = double crochet

basic love knot

The basic love knot is made by an elongated chain stitch, fixed by a single crochet. To perform the basic love knot work as follows: 1) Pull the st on hook approx 1.5 cm long; 2) yarn over, pull yarn through elongated st; 3) keeping the elongated st between left hand thumb and index finger, put hook through chain, and tightly make a single crochet to fix the knot. To make another love knot repeat steps 1+3 PatternCopyright@CristianaBrenna The pattern is for unlimited personal use. Do not reproduce or sell the pattern, or sell items that are knitted from this pattern. For any questions, please contact knitaly.cristiana@gmail.com. knitaly.blogspot.com

pattern testing

A little training before starting with the whole project is recommended. I suggest to make a foundation made by only 40 chains and then follow instructions as given.

instructions

Setup row

With steel hook US #8/1.5 mm, ch220, then \*work 2 love knots, skip 4, sc1 in next ch\* rep from \* to \* until end of row. Lay your work flat, all the vertexes made by the love knots should be oriented up in the same direction. Now you can safely join the work in the round with sc1 into the last chain, being careful to keep all the vertexes in the same direction.

Basic round

To step up to upper round: work 1 love knot, then tightly work sc1+sl1 into first triangle vertex. e knots, sc1+sl1 into next triangle vertex \* rep from \* to \* until end of round pasic round until 30cm from beg of work or until end of skein. Bind of finishing Weave in ends.

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Pattern Copyright@Cristiana Brenna The pattern is for unlimited personal use. Do not reproduce or sellthe pattern, or sellitems that are knitted from this pattern. For any questions, please contact knitaly.cristiana@gmail.com. knitaly.blogspot.com

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